Deals
CAPE et al. exit Miyowa in $45.5m trade sale
Crédit Agricole Private Equity (CAPE), Techfund and Sophia Euro Lab have sold their stakes in French software developer Miyowa to Synchronoss in a deal that values the business at $45.5m.
Activa-backed Findis acquires Cocélec
Activa Capital portfolio company Findis, a French household appliances distributor, has acquired French electrical, audiovisual and culinary products distributor Cocélec for an undisclosed amount.
Kelso Place backs Nicole Farhi
Kelso Place Asset Management has acquired a majority stake in fashion brand Nicole Farhi from OpenGate Capital.
BPE-backed VTN acquires EFD
BPE Unternehmensbeteiligungen has acquired 100% of the shares of EFD Härterei Fritz Düsseldorf through its portfolio company VTN Beteiligungs.
Patron Capital backs Motor Fuels Group
Patron Capital Partners has led the management buy-in of petrol filling stations and retailing stores operator Motor Fuels Group in a joint venture with the new management team Scottish Capital Group. Financial details of the deal remain undisclosed....
Hutton Collins backs acquisition of Hunter Boots
Hutton Collins has provided ТЃ32m in PIK and equity to fund the majority buyout of footwear and accessories supplier Hunter Boots by US-based GP Searchlight Capital Partners.
KPS buys Bosch Foundation Brakes
KPS Capital Partners has announced the acquisition of The Bosch Group’s automotive foundation brakes business Bosch Foundation Brakes. Financial details of the transaction remain undisclosed.
FSN Capital buys PM Retail
FSN Capital has acquired Norwegian women's clothing retailer PM Retail.
PAI offloads 25.66% of Chr. Hansen for €560m
PAI Partners SAS has agreed to sell 25.66% of its Chr. Hansen shares worth тЌ560m to Novo A/S.
BayBG invests in BMI
BayBG has invested an undisclosed amount in dairy company BMI Bayerische Milchindustrie in the form of a silent partnership.
Fondo Italiano-backed Arioli acquires Brazzoli
Fondo Italiano di Investimento has reinvested in textile machinery manufacturer Arioli to facilitate the company’s acquisition of 100% of Brazzoli, a manufacturer of textile dyeing machines. Varese Investimenti provided co-investment.
Suma acquires 48% of GEC and takes control
Spanish private equity firm Suma Capital has acquired a further 48% of Barcelona-based e-learning company Gestión del Conocimiento (GEC) from Caixa Penedès, increasing its stake in the business to 98%.
Lion Capital exits La Senza
Lion Capital has sold lingerie retailer La Senza to Middle Eastern retail group Alshaya.
Prime Ventures invests €13m in takeaway
Prime Ventures has backed online company takeaway.com in a €13m funding round.
21 Centrale Partners exits Nord-Est
21 Centrale Partners has sold packaging company Nord-Est to Oaktree Capital Management.
UK Watch: Bigger not better in Q4
The smaller buyout segment in the UK thrived in Q4 2011 while larger deals faltered, according to the latest findings of the unquoteт UK watch, in association with Corbett Keeling.
Matlin Patterson exits Securlog
Matlin Patterson has sold cash transport provider Securlog to Spain-based security solution provider Prosegur for €22.7m.
RJD-backed Verdant Leisure acquires English country park
RJD-backed holiday park operator Verdant Leisure has acquired Northumberland-based Riverside Country Park.
Bowmark Capital acquires CSL in £32m SBO
Bowmark Capital has backed the secondary buyout of security communications company CSL DualCom with ТЃ32m.
BaltCap backs Labochema
BaltCap has completed an investment in pan-Baltic laboratory supplies and services provider Labochema Company Group. Financial details of the transaction remain undisclosed but investment was under тЌ3m in exchange for a significant minority stake.
21 Centrale acquires Vacances Directes
21 Centrale Partners has bought French mobile home rental business Vacances Directes, formerly backed by Acto Capital, in a deal understood to be worth around €70m.
Albion backs Hilson Moran MBO
Albion Ventures has invested in Hilson Moran Holdings Limited to back the ТЃ5m management buyout of engineering and environmental consultancy company Hilson Moran Partnership Limited from Altran Technologies S.A.
Investor Growth Capital et al. invest $12m in Maxymiser
Investor Growth Capital and Pentech Ventures have backed a series-B funding round of $12m in UK website specialist Maxymiser.
unquote" private equity barometer - Q4 2011
There was a major drop-off in overall deal volume in Q4 2011, with a continuing contraction across all deal stage segments resulting in a total of just 192 deals, the lowest figure recorded since Q4 1996 (158).